TDB awards local scholarships [1]
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 17:53. Updated on Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 10:43.
Scholarships worth $10,475 pa’anga were awarded by the Tonga Development Bank this week to cover full tuition fees of 13 students at Montfort Technical Institute and Tupou Tertiary Institute.
This year a total 51 scholarships will be handed out to 10 technical and vocational institutes, under the bank's scholarships awards programme amounting to $30,000 annually.
Lataheanga Kava, the Operations Manager, presented the first scholarships to five students of Tupou Tertiary Institute on Monday, 1 June. Eight students at the Montfort Institute received their scholarships on Tuesday, 2 June.